COVID-19 Threatens the Future of the Amazon and Its Peoples (2-2-21)

COVID-19 Threatens the Future of the Amazon and Its Peoples

Leila Salazar López / Amazon Watch

2-2-21

The COVID-19 emergency in the Amazon is escalating dramatically. A new strain of the virus has overwhelmed and debilitated the public health system in Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, and it is spreading quickly across the Amazon, threatening Indigenous and forest peoples protecting the rainforest and the climate for our collective future.

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